The Ponchatoula Strawberry festival has apologized for its controversial 2015 poster and have made the decision not to sell it at next month’s festival. Michelle Southern has the story…
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The Louisiana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is offering a 13-thousand reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the individuals involved in a goat beheading. A 12-second video has surfaced that shows young men standing around a goat and they cheer when the goat’s head is cut by a samurai sword.

A total of 46 Beau Chene (SHEN) High School Students have been suspended after an investigation into a pupil who is accused of changing grades. St. Landry school superintendent Edward Brown says the scheme began unraveling after one pupil became suspicious…:
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He says the investigation is ongoing.

The Natchitoches Parish Sheriff’s Office they don’t believe the elephants who kept an 18-wheeler from being overturned on I-49 yesterday were harmed. Capt Tony Moran says after the driver became stranded, he gave a command for the elephants to help out…:
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Moran says the elephants were being transported from Florida to a circus in the Dallas area.